The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War /

Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Violence > United States > History > 19th century.
Violence > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Historiography.
Violence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Historiographie.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The puzzle of the Civil War
  • Who can make war?
  • The rising of the people
  • Soldiers and civilians
  • Kindling the fires of liberty
  • Unnecessary violence
  • Discipline, order, and justice
  • Children of God
  • The importance of states
  • Conclusion: The double-edged sword.

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